RICOH PX FAQs - By Product

[Question] What is the [Toy Camera] in the Premium Shot Mode ?

This mode takes a picture with high contrast, saturated colors associated with toy cameras.

Toy camera example

Normal shooting example

The created picture has effects of distortion, vignetting (captured with darkness in the four corners). The amount of vignetting can be selected using the [Vignetting] option from [Weak], [Strong], and [Off]. The saturated colors can also be set from [On], and [Off]. Also in the Toy Camera mode, brightness is adjustable.

Toy camera mode operations

[Brightness adjustment]

Pressing button will display the bar in the screen to adjust the brightness.

Use the Premium button (up) and button (down) to adjust the brightness, then press the MENU/OK button to fix the setting.

[Vignetting options]

The amount of vignetting can be selected using the [Vignetting] option from [Weak], [Strong], and [Off].

[Toy Color options]

The saturated colors can also be set [On] or [Off], using the [Toy Color] in the Shooting menu.

[Plus Normal Shooting options]

If it is set to [On], the camera will record two images by adding an image taken with normal shooting to an image take with toy color effect. After taking a picture, the confirmation screen that has both toy color image and a normal image will be displayed.